Gender-disaggregated official statistics are largely unavailable, but it is believed that the total female literacy rate is only about half that of men, and perhaps as low as 18%.
Aunque faltan muchos datos estadísticos oficiales desglosados por sexo, se cree que la tasa de alfabetismo de la mujer llega tan sólo a la mitad de la del hombre y quizás no supere el 18%.